LEARNING ENGLISH

May is ending and that means June is just round the corner.      The course is almost finished!! 

Let’s do some self-evaluation. Your teachers should do theirs.

 a) Do I bring my school material every day?

b) Do I behave correctly in the classroom?

c) Try to answer this questions honestly!!     Do  you think you are going to pass all the subjects?

d) Did any teacher punish me for doing something wrong?  

e) Are your parents happy with your school marks?

Live concert for heroes

Let’s watch a video by Lady Gaga. “Fashion Music”

Let’s watch a video made by students.

At last Summer holidays have come. I hope you have great and joyful holidays wherever you go

Watch this video. What did you do yesterday?

   THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Watch and listen to this nice song by Jack Johnson. 

Los verbos modales:

Siempre van seguidos de un infinitivo.

Son iguales para todas las personas.

La forma interrogativa se hace con inversión de verbo y sujeto.

La forma negativa NO se añade al verbo modal.

Watch this video

COPY IN YOUR NOTEBOOK. Complete the sentences with was/were/wan’t/weren’t

1.- Picasso ………………… Spanish.  He ……………….   a writer.   He ……………… a writer.

2.- Marco Polo  …………… Italian.  He ……………………… a explorer. He ……………….  a  actor.  His father  …………. a merchant.

3.- Miguel de Cervantes …………….. Spanish.  He ………………. a writer. He ………………. a painter.

4.- Charles Dickens ……………… English. He …………………. a writer. He ………………..  a singer.

5.- Elvis Presley was …………… American. He ………………. a singer.  He ……………… a mechanic.

WRITE SENTENCES WITH THESE WORDS

1.- at school/ She/ yesterday/ wasn’t

2.- last week/ at the sports centre/ You/ weren’t

3.- at the tennis match /on Saturday/ wasn’t /I

4.- He/at home/ wasn’t/ this afternoon.

5.- weren’t/We/at the cinema/ last night

ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS

1.- Where were you yesterday at 7 oc’clock?

2.- Were you at the cinema on Saturday afternoon?

3.- Were you  at school yesterday at 5 0′clock?

4.- Were you at a concert last night?

WRITE THE PAST SIMPLE OF THESE VERBS

COOK ,  TRAVEL,      LISTEN,       CRY,  CLOSE,    VISIT,  HELP,   ARRIVE,   EXPLORE,  TALK,  STOP, ASK,  PLAN,  PLAY

WRITE SENTENCES IN THE PAST SIMPLE

1.-My sister ……….. football and my mother …………. lunch.

2.- The man …………. to New York and he ………………..  the next day.

3.- The baby ………….. at night. My mother ……………..  theT door.

4.- The secretary ……………… her boss. He …………………. her some questions.

5.- The woman …………………. to the radio in her bedroom.

6.- My friends ………………….. Paris and Rome last Summer.

When the teacher entered the class.  Juan was singing a song.  Sonia was talking to her friend Julia. Fernando and Bernardo were jumping and David was looking out of the window. Juan was fighting with Lorenzo.

 The teacher was very angry.

   What was this girl doing?   She was listening to music. She wasn’t studying the lesson.

  This boy was reading a book.  He wasn’t playing with other students.

    The boy was swimming. He wasn’t playing the guitar.

What were  you doing yesterday at 10,15?

What were you doing last Saturday at 7.00pm?                              

Five things are wrong. Find them and make them right.   

READ THE BOOK WITH A DICTIONARY    

Island for Sale is a sad story about a young Scotsman. Duncan Mc Tavish. He lives in a small castle on a small island in Scotland with his dog Jock. He likes living there. He takes walks, paints and goes fishing in his boat. His castle is very cold and dark, and it needs a lot of electricity. He has money problems. He has to sell the castle.

Leaping Larry is a rock star. He has a wife, Roxanne. They visit the castle. Roxanne doesn’t like the castle. It isn’t interesting. They don’t want to buy the castle. Duncan is unhappy. Then he meets Jean. She is a painter but she doesn’t like dogs. Jean has an idea. Tourists can come and stay at the castle on holiday and paint pictures. This is the end of their money problems.